Bag-holder.



' I. L. VAN SGHOIAOK.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1913- Patented Sept. 8, 19%

I I I 1 I l I l i WITNESSES ATTORN EY ISAAC L. VAN SCLGIACK, OF SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Application filed June 5, 1913. Serial No. 771,932.

To (ZZZ 20710 111 (it in my com-c7 22 Be it known that 1, Isaac L. VAN Sonomcn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sugar Grove, in the county of Kane and State of lllinois, have invented a new and useful Bagdrlolder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bag holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bag holders, and to provide a simple, practical and eiiicient bag holder of inexpensive construction, designed for use in granaries and various other places for filling bags, and capable of vertical and rotary adjustment to adapt it for holding bags of difierent lengths and to arrange it in convenient position for such filling operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag holder, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of a portion of the bag holder. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the bearing and supporting brackets. Fig. l is a similar view of the vertically adjustable spindle.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates ahollow vertical standard, constructed of any suitable ma terial and provided at its lower end with a plurality of downwardly extending legs 2,

spread sutliciently to afford the required base for supporting the weight of a filled bag. The legs 2, which may be constructed of any suitable material, are connected at their inner ends to the standard, which receives a vertically adjustable stem or spindle 3, consisting of a round bar or member, slidable vertically within the hollow standard and freely movable into and out of the same and secured in its adjustment by a set screw 4, piercing a collar or enlargement 5 at the up per end of the standard and bearing against the adjacent face of the vertical spindle. The per ation 6 of the collar or enlargement is interior-1y threaded to engage the threads of the screw l, which is provided at its outer end with a suitable head. The upper end 7 of the spindle is reduced to form a journal or pivot for a combined bearing and supporting bracket 8 and to provide a shoulder or seat 9 for the same.

The combined bearing and supporting bracket comprises in its construction an upper approximately U-shaped portion 10 and a lower tapered portion 11. The upper U- shaped portion 10 consists of a horizontal bar or member having upturned side portions 12, which are fitted against and secured by suitable fastening devices to the side faces of an inclined chute 13, extending downwardly and outwardly from a hopper i l. The said upper U-shaped portion is preferably constructed of a single piece of metal, and the lower tapered portion is also preferably composed of a plate or piece of metal bent at opposite sides of the center to form upwardly diverging inclined sides 15, having outwardly extending horizontal flanges 16 at their upper ends. The flanges 16 are suitably secured to the lower face of the bottom bar of the upper portion of. the bracket, but the latter may be constructed in any other suitable manner. The horizontal portion of the lower tapered member of the luiacket is provided with a central bearing opening 1? to receive the upper portion of the vertical spindle 3, and the reduced terminal portion or journal 7 thereof is arranged in a central bearing opening 18 of the horizontal bar of the upper U-shaped member of the bracket. The horizontal bar of the upper portion of the bracket rests upon the shoulder or seat 9, and the lower bearing opening 17 of the tapered bottom member of the bracket is of greater diameter than the upper opening 18 to lit the vertical 'soindle below the reduced upper end thereof. The hopper l l tapers downwardly and the chute is con posed of parallel side walls, an inclined top 19 and inclined bottom 20. The side walls are arranged in parallel vertical planes and incline downwardly and forwardly. The top wall 19 is connected with the front wall of the hopper while the inclined bottom 20 extends from the rear may aerial.

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